How Everyday Counterfeit Behavior That Disrupts Self Authenticity Might Lead to Corruption Tendencies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the field of moral psychology, researchers have strived to understand the complex dynamics of corruption psychology. This study contributes to this area by presenting a theoretical model for sequential behavior, placing counterfeit behavior (CB) as a predictor and corruption tendencies (proneness to moral emotions, ie, guilt and shame/GASP) as the criterion. In addition, two bridging variables are assigned, ie, inauthenticity/counterfeit self (CS) and moral disengagement (MD).

Methods

The research applied a correlational-predictive design and mediation analysis. Study 1 involved 978 participants of Indonesian nationality (380 males, 598 females; M _age = 23.64 years old, SD _age = 4.35 years), and found that GASP was predicted

SUBMITTER: Abraham J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8932934 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature